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Goethewanderweg

Goethewanderweg

Cornelia planned a hike

May 2, 2019

Goethewanderweg

Hard

06:13

20.6km

3.3km/h

610m

730m

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Overview

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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1.63 km

Goethe House Stützerbach with Glass Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

Opening hours:
Year round: Wed - Sun, holidays 10.30 - 15.30

More information at:
stuetzerbach.de/museen-stuetzerbach.php

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3.72 km

View of the Frozen Lake in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Highlight • Lake

4.78 km

Knöpfelstaler Pond

Highlight • Lake

Before continuing on the romantic part of the Goetheweg in the Ilmkreis, this place offers a place full of peace and harmony.

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9.95 km

Goethe Cave at Hermannstein

Highlight • Cave

The perfect break. By the way, you can explore the cave with which Goethe also impressed Frau von Stein. It was probably carved into the rock as a guardhouse in …

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10.6 km

Sophienquelle

Highlight • Natural Monument

See photo 2.
No drinking water!

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13.4 km

St. Mary's Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Marienquelle, inaugurated in 1841, is a nice resting place with a refuge on the Goethe hiking trail. About 100 meters further, "seating areas" were created, which offer great views.

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13.8 km

Steiger Eck shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Weggabelung for round and route tours in the Ilmenau hiking area. Nearby are the Hohe Warte with observation tower and guest house, the Waldgasthof Mönchshof, the Schöffenhaus, the Marienquelle. Or …

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14.8 km

Schöffenhaus Forest Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

Real Thuringian cuisine without frills, a cooling drink or something warm before the hike continues. Nice starting or reward endpoint for tours around Ilmenau.

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15.8 km

Schwalbenstein (Touringen stamp point no. 143)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The impressive rock formation and the view from the cozy shelter more than compensate for the climb. Even Goethe was inspired by the panoramic view and wrote the fourth act …

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18.2 km

Ravené Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

From here you have a nice view over Ilmenau with the new ICE bridge in the background.

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18.8 km

Old colliery house Ilmenau

Highlight • Historical Site

The baroque old colliery was shown on a mine map as early as 1730. It is assumed that tools and ore supplies were stored in this house and that it …

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19.1 km

Heusingersches Stift

Highlight • Historical Site

19.5 km

Church of the Holy Cross

Highlight • Religious Site

Protestant church built in 1852
The Kreuzkirche is located in the cemetery and divides it into a historical and a "newer" part. It was built at the same time as …

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20.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.96 km

6.50 km

3.22 km

2.16 km

1.52 km

290 m

Surfaces

7.47 km

4.07 km

3.46 km

2.32 km

1.70 km

1.62 km

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Highest point (830 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

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Goethewanderweg

Goethe House Stützerbach with Glass Museum

View of the Frozen Lake in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Knöpfelstaler Pond

Goethe Cave at Hermannstein

Sophienquelle

St. Mary's Spring

Steiger Eck shelter

Schöffenhaus Forest Inn

Schwalbenstein (Touringen stamp point no. 143)

Ravené Hut

Old colliery house Ilmenau

Heusingersches Stift

Church of the Holy Cross

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